LOS ANGELES -- J.D. Martinez keeps doing damage and the Arizona Diamondbacks keep winning.
Martinez tied a major league record by slugging four of Arizona's six home runs, and the Diamondbacks routed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 on Monday night for their 11th straight victory.
"We were part of history," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "You can't believe it after it keeps happening -- second, third and finally the fourth time. It was amazing. J.D. works as hard as anybody at his swing, perfecting his craft, and he deserves that moment."
Martinez was the headliner on a big night for a couple Diamondbacks.
Robbie Ray struck out a career-high 14 while helping second-place Arizona to its longest win streak since it also won 11 in a row from June 18-30, 2003.
"He has our number," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "He was exceptional."
Martinez is the 18th player in major league history to hit four homers in a game, and the 16th in the modern era. The team's six homers tied for the most in Dodger Stadium history by a visitor.
"I felt like it was one of those days," Martinez said. "I was seeing the ball well and when I was swinging, I was hitting it."
Arizona grabbed a 2-0 lead on Martinez's two-run shot off Rich Hill (9-7) in the fourth. Martinez added solo shots in the seventh and eighth innings before capping his power show with a two-run shot off Wilmer Font in the ninth.
Walking to the plate for the last time, Martinez recalled hitting three homers in a game in 2015 and thinking too much about a fourth in his final at-bat. He didn't get it.
This time, he told himself if a fourth homer was meant to be, it would happen.
"There's no point trying to force it," he said.
Martinez has 34 homers this season, including 18 since being traded to the D-backs from Detroit on July 18. He has six multihomer games in his career, with five coming this season.
The 30-year-old right fielder is still adjusting to NL pitching, too.
"It's pretty impressive to see a guy go out there and take four really good at-bats and hit four really long balls," Ray said. "I thought there was no way they were going to throw him something he could hit. But sure enough he got a ball right where he wanted it and he put it in the seats."
The Dodgers are still baseball's best team at 92-45, but they remain mired in a season-worst slump, having dropped four in a row and nine in 10 games. It equaled the Dodgers' largest shutout loss since June 25,2004, against the Angels.
"We're going to win a game again, I know that, and the tide will turn," Roberts said. "We're still in first place, I do know that."
Ray (12-5) scattered three hits over 7 2/3 innings. The left-hander improved to 7-1 on the road. His strikeouts were the most by a D-backs pitcher since Randy Johnson had 15 against the Dodgers on Aug. 31, 2004.
Ray became the first pitcher in major league history to have four games with 10 or more strikeouts against the Dodgers in a single season.
"Any time you can keep this lineup in check like that is pretty special," he said.
Hill retired nine of his first 10 batters, striking out seven of them, before Kristopher Negron singled leading off the inning. With one out, Martinez sent a 2-2 pitch into the left field pavilion.
The D-backs added four runs in the seventh against the Dodgers' bullpen.
Martinez and Brandon Drury hit back-to-back homers off Pedro Baez to open the inning, making it 4-0. Jake Lamb and Adam Rosales singled before Baez was booed heavily as he walked off the field.
Chris Herrmann singled off Edward Paredes to load the bases. Ray reached on an infield single to second after the ball glanced off the glove of first baseman Cody Bellinger and squirted into the dirt, allowing Arizona to extend its lead to 6-0.
Hill allowed two runs and two hits in six innings, struck out nine and walked one.
NEVER TRAILING
The D-backs haven't trailed for 88 consecutive innings, tied for the sixth-longest streak by a major league team since 1912.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 1B Paul Goldschmidt got a second straight day off when he returned to Phoenix for an MRI on his right elbow. He is expected back in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Lovullo said Goldschmidt's elbow has been bothering him for a week and he has experienced stiffness in the mornings before it loosens up.
Dodgers: SS Corey Seager, limited to pinch-hitting last week because of a sore right elbow, could be back in the lineup by this weekend. He took ground balls Monday and is expected to resume hitting Tuesday. ... Fields was reinstated from the 10-day DL after missing the last eight games with a lower back strain. To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Brandon McCarthy was transferred to the 60-day DL (right finger blister). He will start next week for Class A-Rancho Cucamonga in the playoffs.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (16-6, 3.08 ERA) starts against his former team Tuesday. He is 29-7 with a 2.30 ERA in 49 career starts at Dodger Stadium and is 1-2 with a 4.58 ERA in three starts against Los Angeles this season.
Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (5-7, 3.71) allowed a season-worst six runs and eight hits in four innings at Arizona last week. He is 3-3 with a 4.02 ERA in nine career starts against the D-backs.
Martinez tied a major league record by slugging four of Arizona's six home runs, and the Diamondbacks routed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 13-0 on Monday night for their 11th straight victory.
"We were part of history," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "You can't believe it after it keeps happening -- second, third and finally the fourth time. It was amazing. J.D. works as hard as anybody at his swing, perfecting his craft, and he deserves that moment."
Martinez was the headliner on a big night for a couple Diamondbacks.
Robbie Ray struck out a career-high 14 while helping second-place Arizona to its longest win streak since it also won 11 in a row from June 18-30, 2003.
"He has our number," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "He was exceptional."
Martinez is the 18th player in major league history to hit four homers in a game, and the 16th in the modern era. The team's six homers tied for the most in Dodger Stadium history by a visitor.
"I felt like it was one of those days," Martinez said. "I was seeing the ball well and when I was swinging, I was hitting it."
Arizona grabbed a 2-0 lead on Martinez's two-run shot off Rich Hill (9-7) in the fourth. Martinez added solo shots in the seventh and eighth innings before capping his power show with a two-run shot off Wilmer Font in the ninth.
Walking to the plate for the last time, Martinez recalled hitting three homers in a game in 2015 and thinking too much about a fourth in his final at-bat. He didn't get it.
This time, he told himself if a fourth homer was meant to be, it would happen.
"There's no point trying to force it," he said.
Martinez has 34 homers this season, including 18 since being traded to the D-backs from Detroit on July 18. He has six multihomer games in his career, with five coming this season.
The 30-year-old right fielder is still adjusting to NL pitching, too.
"It's pretty impressive to see a guy go out there and take four really good at-bats and hit four really long balls," Ray said. "I thought there was no way they were going to throw him something he could hit. But sure enough he got a ball right where he wanted it and he put it in the seats."
The Dodgers are still baseball's best team at 92-45, but they remain mired in a season-worst slump, having dropped four in a row and nine in 10 games. It equaled the Dodgers' largest shutout loss since June 25,2004, against the Angels.
"We're going to win a game again, I know that, and the tide will turn," Roberts said. "We're still in first place, I do know that."
Ray (12-5) scattered three hits over 7 2/3 innings. The left-hander improved to 7-1 on the road. His strikeouts were the most by a D-backs pitcher since Randy Johnson had 15 against the Dodgers on Aug. 31, 2004.
Ray became the first pitcher in major league history to have four games with 10 or more strikeouts against the Dodgers in a single season.
"Any time you can keep this lineup in check like that is pretty special," he said.
Hill retired nine of his first 10 batters, striking out seven of them, before Kristopher Negron singled leading off the inning. With one out, Martinez sent a 2-2 pitch into the left field pavilion.
The D-backs added four runs in the seventh against the Dodgers' bullpen.
Martinez and Brandon Drury hit back-to-back homers off Pedro Baez to open the inning, making it 4-0. Jake Lamb and Adam Rosales singled before Baez was booed heavily as he walked off the field.
Chris Herrmann singled off Edward Paredes to load the bases. Ray reached on an infield single to second after the ball glanced off the glove of first baseman Cody Bellinger and squirted into the dirt, allowing Arizona to extend its lead to 6-0.
Hill allowed two runs and two hits in six innings, struck out nine and walked one.
NEVER TRAILING
The D-backs haven't trailed for 88 consecutive innings, tied for the sixth-longest streak by a major league team since 1912.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 1B Paul Goldschmidt got a second straight day off when he returned to Phoenix for an MRI on his right elbow. He is expected back in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Lovullo said Goldschmidt's elbow has been bothering him for a week and he has experienced stiffness in the mornings before it loosens up.
Dodgers: SS Corey Seager, limited to pinch-hitting last week because of a sore right elbow, could be back in the lineup by this weekend. He took ground balls Monday and is expected to resume hitting Tuesday. ... Fields was reinstated from the 10-day DL after missing the last eight games with a lower back strain. To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Brandon McCarthy was transferred to the 60-day DL (right finger blister). He will start next week for Class A-Rancho Cucamonga in the playoffs.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (16-6, 3.08 ERA) starts against his former team Tuesday. He is 29-7 with a 2.30 ERA in 49 career starts at Dodger Stadium and is 1-2 with a 4.58 ERA in three starts against Los Angeles this season.
Dodgers: LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu (5-7, 3.71) allowed a season-worst six runs and eight hits in four innings at Arizona last week. He is 3-3 with a 4.02 ERA in nine career starts against the D-backs.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Peralta struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Negrón struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Taylor struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Turner grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Martinez struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Rosales struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Bellinger flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Barnes struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Herrmann grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Culberson grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Hill struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Negrón singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Martinez homered to left center (436 feet), Negrón scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Drury grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Lamb flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Taylor struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Turner flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Rosales struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Herrmann flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Barnes struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Puig struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Rich Hill pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Negrón grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Forsythe singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Culberson struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Segedin hit for Hill. | 2 | 0 |
| Segedin struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Pedro Baez pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Báez relieved Hill. | 2 | 0 |
| Martinez homered to right center (417 feet). | 3 | 0 |
| Drury homered to center (393 feet). | 4 | 0 |
| Lamb singled to left center. | 4 | 0 |
| Rosales singled to center, Lamb to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Paredes relieved Báez. | 4 | 0 |
| Herrmann singled to right, Lamb to third, Rosales to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Ray reached on infield single to second, Lamb and Rosales scored, Herrmann to third. | 6 | 0 |
| Peralta fouled out to third. | 6 | 0 |
| Negrón grounded into double play, second to first, Ray out at second. | 6 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Hernández flied out to right. | 6 | 0 |
| Turner singled to left center. | 6 | 0 |
| Bellinger struck out swinging. | 6 | 0 |
| Barnes flied out to left. | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Josh Fields pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Fields relieved Paredes. | 6 | 0 |
| Pollock grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 0 |
| Martinez homered to center (417 feet). | 7 | 0 |
| Drury grounded out to first. | 7 | 0 |
| Lamb singled to center. | 7 | 0 |
| Rosales homered to right (341 feet), Lamb scored. | 9 | 0 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 9 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Puig flied out to right. | 9 | 0 |
| Forsythe singled to center. | 9 | 0 |
| Culberson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Forsythe out at second. | 9 | 0 |
| Dickson hit for Fields. | 9 | 0 |
| Hoover relieved Ray. | 9 | 0 |
| Dickson walked, Culberson to second. | 9 | 0 |
| Taylor lined out to third. | 9 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Wilmer Font pitching for Los Angeles | ARI | LAD |
| Hernández at third base. | 9 | 0 |
| Verdugo in right field. | 9 | 0 |
| Dickson in left field. | 9 | 0 |
| Font relieved Fields. | 9 | 0 |
| Fuentes hit for Hoover. | 9 | 0 |
| Fuentes walked. | 9 | 0 |
| Peralta popped out to third. | 9 | 0 |
| Negrón doubled to right, Fuentes to third. | 9 | 0 |
| Pollock singled to left, Fuentes and Negrón scored. | 11 | 0 |
| Martinez homered to left (401 feet), Pollock scored. | 13 | 0 |
| Drury popped out to first. | 13 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 13 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Silvino Bracho pitching for Arizona | ARI | LAD |
| Murphy catching. | 13 | 0 |
| Fuentes in right field. | 13 | 0 |
| Bracho relieved Hoover. | 13 | 0 |
| Hernández struck out looking. | 13 | 0 |
| Verdugo struck out swinging. | 13 | 0 |
| Bellinger grounded out to shortstop. | 13 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Peralta LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .296 | .348 | .450 |
| Negrón SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .222 | .222 | .333 |
| Pollock CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .265 | .324 | .455 |
| Martinez RF | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .257 | .337 | .688 |
Bracho P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Drury 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .270 | .317 | .458 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .257 | .366 | .505 |
| Rosales 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .264 | .291 | .509 |
| Herrmann C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .171 | .269 | .337 |
Murphy C
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Ray P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .261 | .306 | .304 |
Hoover P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Fuentes PH-RF
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .241 | .279 | .336 |
| Totals | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 165 | |||
| a-walked for J Hoover in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Negrón (1, Font) HR: Martinez 4 (18, 4th inning off Hill 1 on, 1 Out; 7th inning off Báez 0 on, 0 Out; 8th inning off Fields 0 on, 1 Out; 9th inning off Font 1 on, 1 Out); Drury (12, 7th inning off Báez 0 on, 0 Out); Rosales (3, 8th inning off Fields 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Martinez 6 (40), Drury (57), Ray 2 (2), Rosales 2 (7), Pollock 2 (32) 2-out RBI: Rosales 2 GIDP: Negrón Diamondbacks RISP: 3-5 (Peralta 0-1, Negrón 0-1, Pollock 1-1, Herrmann 1-1, Ray 1-1) Team LOB: 2 | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA |
| Attendance | 47,192 (84.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | 80 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Alfonso Marquez, First Base - David Rackley, Second Base - Chad Fairchild, Third Base - Larry Vanover |
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